Liamgp Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 Was re-reading a book about Black music from the 80s and a lot of the entries were written by Roger St Pierre. I also seem to recall him writing for Northern fanzines in the early 80s. A quick Google and: https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/roger-st-pierre Was he just a writer or was he also a DJ/collector/anythingelse? Just curious as he seems to be a figure of some interest on the soul scene in general, but what was his involvement with Northern?
Liamgp Posted July 12, 2013 Author Posted July 12, 2013 Just saw this also...those were the days! https://martins_box.tripod.com/id33.htm
Daved Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 He used to write the vintage soul/blues page in Blues & Soul in the 80s.
Roburt Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 He ran the Now (the O’Jays, Masqueraders) and Energy labels (the Valentine Brothers), so can't be all that bad.
Tobytyke Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 probably a nice guy. but why did he have to write his name across the record label in black felt tip!
Mike Lofthouse Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 Always looked forward to his Soul column in New Musical Express (NME). Always struck me as an intelligent writer on the subject. He sold a lot of 45s a year or two back on ebay and I managed to get demos of Johnny Daye on UK Stax and the Originals on UK TM. He did write his name on all of them covers as well, just adds a bit of provenance for me 1
binsy Posted July 13, 2013 Posted July 13, 2013 i saw that demo of Johnny Daye, it looked fantastic! 1
Blake H Posted July 14, 2013 Posted July 14, 2013 I got a UK Bell demo of Chris Bartley, I found a goodie, from the same sale. BH 1
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